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Boluarte and Xi inaugurate Chancay megaport, called to be a bridge between China and A.Latina

The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, and her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, remotely inaugurated the Hancay megaport, located about 70 kilometers from Lima, which will seek to become a bridge that commercially connects China with Latin America.
“Go ahead,” Boluarte said from the Government Palace, next to Xi, to inaugurate the port, after hearing from the main pier that the construction of the port “has been completed in its entirety and the conditions for the start of operations have been met.”
Boluarte and Xi made a remote inauguration
The leaders observed on a huge screen how the brand new infrastructure began to work and, in a symbolic way, a container of Peruvian blueberries was loaded on a ship bound for China, while, simultaneously, a container with electric vehicles was deposited in a Shanghai port on a ship bound for Chancay.
They declared that the inauguration of this “emlecotic project” is a historic moment for the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
“Chancay becomes a new starting point of the Inca road of a new era. From Chancay to Shanghai,” said the Chinese president when expressing his satisfaction with the construction term of the first smart and green port in Latin America.
He indicated that this work, whose initial investment has been 1.3 billion dollars, will reduce the time of maritime transport between Peru and China by 10 days, and will save 20% of the logistical cost, in addition to bringing job opportunities to Peruvians and at the same time consolidating the Andean country as a logistics ‘hub’.
“We sail shoulder to shoulder to embrace the world and move towards a more beautiful tomorrow,” Xi concluded.
New stage of economic development of Peru
For his part, Boluarte maintained that the start of port operations is the beginning of a new stage of economic development for Peru, and that it also shows that the Andean country is a reliable partner.
“We are starting a transformation that will consolidate the country as a world-class technological and industrial logistics center that will strategically project us in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said.
He also stated that this port will contribute one percentage point to the country’s GDP once, once its operations have started, so “its importance is undeniable.”
He reiterated the bonds of trust with China as its largest trading partner, but also as a “sister country” that has played a fundamental role in the construction of the infrastructure that will help place Peru as a logistics center also for Latin American partners, since it will be a gateway between both worlds.
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Mexican government prioritizes 191 communities after deadly floods

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Wednesday that the death toll from recent rains and floods across several central states has risen to 66, while the federal government has activated air bridges and prioritized assistance in 191 isolated communities.
“Unfortunately, 66 people have died, and 75 remain missing,” the president said during her morning press conference. She added that the official death toll will be updated later in a new report.
As of Tuesday, authorities had reported 64 fatalities. Sheinbaum also announced the creation of a public information center to centralize official data on the deceased, missing persons, damaged homes, and cut-off communities.
According to the president, the number of missing persons has decreased thanks to coordination with state authorities.
“Through calls to phone line 079, 103 people who had been reported missing have now been located,” she explained.
Priority Municipalities
The president noted that the federal government has classified 191 communities as ‘priority’, a designation based mainly on the percentage of homes affected.
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New road and bridge explosions raise alarm amid indigenous protests in Ecuador

Ecuadorian authorities are investigating two explosions that occurred early Wednesday, one on a road in the southern part of the country and another under a bridge in Guayas province. These incidents follow the car bomb explosion in the coastal city of Guayaquil, also in Guayas, which occurred the day before and left one person dead and 30 injured.
Press reports indicate that one person was injured and several vehicles were damaged in the explosion on the Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje road in the south.
“Besides yesterday’s explosion in Guayaquil, we have received reports of explosives placed on bridges along the Guayaquil-Machala and Machala-Cuenca routes to disrupt traffic,” said Roberto Luque, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT).
On his X social media account, Luque reported that authorities have been deployed to the sites to assess the damage and determine the current condition of the structures.
“What they haven’t achieved with their call for a strike, some are trying to achieve through terrorism,” he stated, referring to the 24 days of protests organized by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) against rising diesel prices and other demands.
The protests, called at a national level, have Imbabura province as their epicenter. Roadblocks have also been reported in the northern part of Pichincha province, whose capital is Quito, while activities in the rest of the country continue normally.
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Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids

Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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